unhappy Foxface??

Iron Crab · 12-08-2001, 10:49 AM

It's been a week since I got my Foxface and it has been in hiding since. Also I'm not getting the bright yellow color hardly at all.
I really checked this fish out at the LFS and it was front and center, bright yellow. The LFS owner said he had it for two weeks. This was the third one I have looked at so I wasn't buying anything. I can wait.
I have checked my water before I got it and just took a sample in and had my LFS check it yesterday. Both times- water was good.
Other fish- Damsel & Clownfish.
I have not seen any problems with the fish harassing each other.
Anything I'm over looking?? Is this normal? Need more time??

Bill

Mikeman · 12-08-2001, 07:19 PM

Do you have any caulerpa to put out there for him at all? He might go out for that. I would just give him time.

How big is it and how big are the other fish, personally I think a foxface fish would be able to take care of itself especially with its poisonus barbs.

Iron Crab · 12-09-2001, 01:21 PM

I think he was waiting for me to panic. Last night first the first time he came out to eat with the other fish and I have noticed this morning he is spending more time out from cover.
I don't have any caulerpa yet but I have about 240 lbs of liverock that he has been picking on since I got him.
Looks like he is just starting to come around. No problems with the other fish. Bill

Bughead · 12-09-2001, 02:26 PM

The foxface is a voracious vegetarian. Be sure to give him plenty of greens, like Seaweed Selects and nori and wakame you can get at an Asian market, health food market or many grocery stores. My foxface gets some kind of seaweed every day and has grown from 2 in. to a whopping 6 inches in the year and a half I've had him. He's also bright and friendly, except he doesn't like strangers looking in the tank.

dsb1829 · 12-12-2001, 08:43 PM

Rabbitfish are a bit schitsophrenic at first. It is like they swear that you intend to skewer them and eat em raw. I have a barheaded spinefoot that took about three weeks to become comfartable. Now he is all over and has almost cleared out what was a prolific patch of caulerpa. The fish also becomes more comfortable with other grazers in the tank. Ours now follows a copperband butterfly around the tank. Yours will probably do just fine. Make sure to feed the tank well and not harrass it too much for a few weeks.

Iron Crab · 12-13-2001, 12:34 PM

Thanks guys,
I was at the LFS that I got it from a few days ago and he said it took almost two weeks for it to get comfortable.
It has cleaned all the green out of my tank ( didn't have a lot to begin with) and I have been putting out some nori and Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies. I can't really say he's eating a lot of it but something is.
it seems to be getting along with the other fish very well and the number of times that it flares its fins have dropped.
Will say that he does look a little fatter than when I got him.
Bill

12-08-2001, 10:49 AM	#1
Iron Crab Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: N.W. Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 434	unhappy Foxface?? It's been a week since I got my Foxface and it has been in hiding since. Also I'm not getting the bright yellow color hardly at all. I really checked this fish out at the LFS and it was front and center, bright yellow. The LFS owner said he had it for two weeks. This was the third one I have looked at so I wasn't buying anything. I can wait. I have checked my water before I got it and just took a sample in and had my LFS check it yesterday. Both times- water was good. Other fish- Damsel & Clownfish. I have not seen any problems with the fish harassing each other. Anything I'm over looking?? Is this normal? Need more time?? Bill

12-09-2001, 02:26 PM	#4
Bughead Governor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA Posts: 1,152	The foxface is a voracious vegetarian. Be sure to give him plenty of greens, like Seaweed Selects and nori and wakame you can get at an Asian market, health food market or many grocery stores. My foxface gets some kind of seaweed every day and has grown from 2 in. to a whopping 6 inches in the year and a half I've had him. He's also bright and friendly, except he doesn't like strangers looking in the tank. __________________ The road to hell is paved with good intentions, but it's the thought that counts.

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12-08-2001, 07:19 PM	#2
Mikeman Governor Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Watertown,SD,USA Posts: 1,502	Do you have any caulerpa to put out there for him at all? He might go out for that. I would just give him time. How big is it and how big are the other fish, personally I think a foxface fish would be able to take care of itself especially with its poisonus barbs.

12-09-2001, 01:21 PM	#3
Iron Crab Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: N.W. Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 434	I think he was waiting for me to panic. Last night first the first time he came out to eat with the other fish and I have noticed this morning he is spending more time out from cover. I don't have any caulerpa yet but I have about 240 lbs of liverock that he has been picking on since I got him. Looks like he is just starting to come around. No problems with the other fish. Bill

12-12-2001, 08:43 PM	#5
dsb1829 Council Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Santa Cruz,CA Posts: 438	Rabbitfish are a bit schitsophrenic at first. It is like they swear that you intend to skewer them and eat em raw. I have a barheaded spinefoot that took about three weeks to become comfartable. Now he is all over and has almost cleared out what was a prolific patch of caulerpa. The fish also becomes more comfortable with other grazers in the tank. Ours now follows a copperband butterfly around the tank. Yours will probably do just fine. Make sure to feed the tank well and not harrass it too much for a few weeks.

12-13-2001, 12:34 PM	#6
Iron Crab Council Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: N.W. Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 434	Thanks guys, I was at the LFS that I got it from a few days ago and he said it took almost two weeks for it to get comfortable. It has cleaned all the green out of my tank ( didn't have a lot to begin with) and I have been putting out some nori and Julian Sprung's Sea Veggies. I can't really say he's eating a lot of it but something is. it seems to be getting along with the other fish very well and the number of times that it flares its fins have dropped. Will say that he does look a little fatter than when I got him. Bill

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